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John Trudell (1946–2015) was a political activist in the North American Indigenous movement, as well as a musician and actor. He participated in the occupation of Alcatraz, joined the American Indian Movement, and served as its chairman from 1973 to 1979 or 1980. After a fire at his father-in-law’s house killed his wife, three children, and mother-in-law, Trudell suspected that the fire had been set by the FBI.

John Trudell quote about belief, thinking, and mental stress

Belief and Thinking – a Quote by John Trudell

1. May 2026

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"When we're believing, we're not really thinking, because the belief has walls: "This is what I believe." So what I believe is like a box, and we're taking the energy of our thinking and putting into a box of beliefs, pretending that we're thinking. But we're really stifling our own energy. We create these mental stresses and frustrations, because we're blocking our spirit, so to speak." John Trudell

John Trudell quote image about the great lie of civilization

“The Great Lie” About Civilization – John Trudell

1. May 2025

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"The great lie is that it is civilization. It's not civilized. It has been literally the most blood thirsty brutalizing system ever imposed upon this planet. That is not civilization. That's the great lie, is that it represents civilization." John Trudell

John Trudell quote about moving beyond human rights and civil rights to recognize natural rights

John Trudell on Human Rights and Natural Rights

3. September 2024

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"We must go beyond the arrogance of human rights. We must go beyond the ignorance of civil rights. We must step into the reality of natural rights because all of the natural world has a right to existence and we are only a small part of it. There can be no trade-off." John Trudell

John Trudell quote about being human and making it in a changing world

“I’m just a human being” – Quote by John Trudell

1. May 2024

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"I'm just a human being trying to make it in a world that is very rapidly losing it's understanding of being human." John Trudell

Responsibility and Intelligence – Quote by John Trudell

1. May 2024

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"I think it's the responsibility of every human being, not just those who wear the identity of poet, activist, voter, religious person... it's the responsibility of every person. Our responsibility is to use our intelligence as clearly and coherently as we possibly can." John Trudell

Inspirational quote image featuring John Trudell and the theme of industrial madness

“Industrial Madness” – Quote by John Trudell

1. May 2024

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"As human beings we're living in a reality of industrial madness." John Trudell

John Trudell quote about Indigenous identity, historical labels, and invisibility

John Trudell on Indigenous Identity and Invisibility

1. May 2024

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"Historically speaking, we went from being Indians to pagans to savages to hostiles to militants to activists to Native Americans. Its five hundred years later and they still cant see us. We are still invisible." John Trudell

John Trudell quote about human intelligence, power, and freedom

John Trudell on Power, Intelligence, and Freedom

1. May 2024

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"We have power... Our power isn’t in a political system, or a religious system, or in an economic system, or in a military system; these are authoritarian systems... they have power... but it’s not reality. The power of our intelligence, individually or collectively IS the power; this is the power that any industrial ruling class truly fears: clear coherent human beings." John Trudell